Impacto socioeconómico en certificación globalg.a.p en productores bananeros en la asociación fincas de el oro 2015-2019.

Abstract

In this article, the study of the socioeconomic profiles of farmers in Ecuador is scarce, for this reason, this research aims to describe the socioeconomic analysis of the Fincas de El Oro Association in the implementation of the Globalgap certification ofbanana producers during the period 2015-2019. The population consisted of the 45 associates, who answered a questionnaire structured by closed questions, which made up the social, economic indicators. The research applied a non-experimental design and a mixed approach. The questionnaires applied were subjected to quality control, in order to proceed to code and transcribe the data in Excel format, where descriptive statistics were used to verify the results. The results obtained establish that in general, in the age range of the male farmers, there is a high participation from 45 to 56 years of age who are engaged in banana production, while in the female gender there are ranges from 69 to 82 years of age. The associates from Machala and Arenillas have moresecondary and university education. The majority of the members answered that they do not have electricity, potable water or landline telephony. It is evident that more than half of the workers have social security. A higher productivity among the associates is Machala, compared to Arenillas, Santa Rosa and El Guabo. Producers in the city of Pasaje have a lower income of 2000 US dollars and productivity per hectare of 1285 boxes/year.